Arab world

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  • Palestine slams Israel attack on Gaza

    Date: 2014-06-12 12:11:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:774360

    RAMALLAH, June 12 (MENA) – The Palestinian presidency condemned, in a statement Thursday, the Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night, which resulted in the killing of a Palestinian and the serious injury of two others, WAFA news ....

  • Libya national oil company chief meets US ambassador

    Date: 2014-06-12 11:41:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:774183

    TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) - Chairman of Libya National Oil Company Mustafa Sanalla met here Thursday with US Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones. The two sides discussed ways of boosting cooperation in the fields of petroleum and gas along with the ....

  • Fall of Mosul encapsulates tragedy of a failed state

    Date: 2014-06-12 10:19:03 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:774108

    LONDON, June 12 (MENA) - In the wake of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Mosul was the model case of how to beat an emerging insurgency, The Financial Times reported Thursday. David Petraeus, then commander of the 101st Airborne division, before ....

  • Security collapse in Iraqi city of Mosul is not solely Maliki's responsibility: The Guardian

    Date: 2014-06-12 09:40:08 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:773976

    LONDON, June 12 (MENA) - Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's tough-guy prime minister, bears much responsibility for the security collapse in Mosul and surrounding areas in the face of this week's hard-driving Islamist military offensive. But others must take ....

  • 6 policemen killed, injured in clashes with Daash elements in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-06-12 09:22:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:773900

    BAGHDAD, June 12 (MENA) – One policeman was killed and five others were injured in clashes with the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Daash) southern of Baghdad. A security source said that Daash elements attacked the national ....

  • National unity urged to restore Mosul from militants' control

    Date: 2014-06-12 08:23:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:773838

    BAGHDAD, June 12 (MENA) - The national meeting called for the National Alliance head Ibrahim Jaafari underlined the importance of closing ranks to restore Mosul that was seized by militants of the Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant over the past ....

  • Iran to support Iraq against terrorism: A top diplomat

    Date: 2014-06-12 07:22:52 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:773731

    TEHRAN, June 12 (MENA) - A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic of Iran will support Iraq in its fight against terrorism, Press TV reported. “We will strongly support Iraq in fighting terrorism,” Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for ....

  • UN mission defers expanded political dialogue in Libya

    Date: 2014-06-12 06:45:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:773699

    TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya decided to defer the expanded political dialogue it has asked for but without setting a new date. The dialogue session was scheduled to take place on June 18 and 19. In a statement late ....

  • 280 trucks enter Gaza strip via Karam Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-06-12 06:27:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:773681

    GAZA CITY, June 12 (MENA) - Israel decided on Thursday to let in 280 trucks into Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem trade crossing, south east of the strip. Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza ....

  • No truce with extremist militants in Libya: Haftar spokesperson

    Date: 2014-06-12 06:26:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:773653

    TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) – A spokesperson for the Libyan reneged General Khalifa Haftar denied Thursday media reports that the General Command of the Libyan army agreed on a ceasefire with the extremist groups in the country. Mohamed Hejazi said ....

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